Site Search

- resource provided by the Forum Network Knowledgebase.
Search Tip: Search with " " to find exact matches.

“The City Where America Is Going to Find Herself Again”: A Funders Conversation with Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Release Date:

01/12/2011

... the New York foundation community for its support in building community capital and capacity around a unified ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

After We Say Goodbye

Release Date:

01/29/2010

In August of 2009, Anita Nager, the former Executive Director of the Beldon Fund, began a discussion on this blog regarding “spend out” versus “in perpetuity.”

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Philanthropy As “Invisible Aid”

Release Date:

08/31/2009

... the same short-term horizon that afflicts business. Building impact and influence takes time, but ever-changing ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Internet to Newspapers: Drop Dead—A Program Recap with Nicholas Lemann and Victor Pickard

Release Date:

06/12/2009

For a group of newspaper people, newspapers must be saved; for a group of Web people, newspapers must go; and there are a lot of compass points in between.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

Release Date:

10/18/2016

... be," says Chavarria. "The principal is the heart of a building ." Part 4: The District (9 min.) Chicago Public .....

Find More By

News type

Member News

Funding Area

Education

Related Organizations

The Wallace Foundation

Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders

Release Date:

03/19/2020

... economic scenarios in strategic ways and to focus on building sustainable organizations. Staying coordinated: ...

Is There an App for That? New Thinking on Kids and Digital Media

Release Date:

03/10/2016

... endured The federal government has equipped most of the nation ’s schools with modern broadband technology, but ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Digital Badges: What They Are and Why Funders Should Pay Attention (Part 1)

Release Date:

06/13/2014

A badge can offer a more complete, accurate depiction of an educational experience than a grade or a test score.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Education

Technology

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

The New York Community Trust

Badge Alliance

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

10 Feb 2015

The Conference Board's Business - Community Impact Symposium

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 8:00am to Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 5:00pm

Nexus of money, intellectual capital, time and voice leading to critical outcomes

Find More By

Format

Audience

Topic(s)

Finance & Asset Management

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Location

United States

By Maria Mottola, Executive Director, New York Foundation I am an ambivalent traveler. I get anxious about leaving things that are familiar—it’s disorienting. But once I arrive someplace new, I feel exhilarated; finding yourself...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Responding to Haitian Devastation, At Home

Release Date:

08/16/2010

By James R. Knickman President and Chief Executive Officer, New York State Health Foundation The devastating earthquake in Port au Prince in January has lately fallen off many people’s radar, for lots of reasons: six months is a...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Can We Still Improve Philanthropy?

Release Date:

07/17/2009

Being away from the day-to-day administration of a foundation has allowed me some time to think about how philanthropy can be improved.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

What’s “Best” in Philanthropy: A Debate Recap with Aaron Dorfman and Adam Meyerson

Release Date:

05/19/2009

Philanthropy New York proudly hosted a recent debate between Aaron Dorfman (pictured left), Executive Director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) , and Adam Meyerson , President of The Philanthropy Roundtable , that focused...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

24 Jun 2015

Learning the Way: DACA, Educational Attainment and Philanthropy - Webinar

Wednesday, June 24, 2015 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

For more than two million youth and young adults in the United States, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) offers first-time access to the American Dream.

Find More By

Format

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience

Funding Area

Children, Youth and Families

Hostos Food Studies Program is Creating Opportunities in the Bronx

Release Date:

10/07/2015

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Executive Director, Rick Luftglass, outlines the foundation's commitment to food security through their support of the Hostos Community College Food Studies program.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Funding Area

Education

Food Systems

Related Organizations

Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

New Report from The Century Foundation: 11.4 Million Workers Facing Jobless Benefit Cliff Starting March 14

Release Date:

02/10/2021

Unless Congress acts swiftly, 11.4 million workers will lose their unemployment benefits between March 14 and April 11 of this year, with disastrous results for families and the American economy.

Find More By

News type

Funding Area

Workforce Development

Related Organizations

The Century Foundation

What BP Won’t Be Paying For—and How You Can Help

Release Date:

07/01/2010

... are in BP’s self-interest. The money that the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Gulf Coast Fund ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

Release Date:

08/13/2009

... agenda and develop—not just capture temporarily—human resources and talent to address that agenda. Fear of ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

New Member Spotlight: The Pilgrim Foundation

Release Date:

05/29/2009

... by Dambisa Moyo. What essential/interesting grantmaking resources would you recommend to a fellow funder? The ...

Find More By

News type

Insights

Audience

All Funders

Understanding Risk Tolerance in Grantmaking

Release Date:

08/10/2015

By applying behavioral economics theory to philanthropy, we can better manage grantmaker tendencies toward loss and risk aversion, and the effects of other decision-making patterns.

Find More By

News type

Insights

Topic(s)

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Funding Area

Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

Related Organizations

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

Search form

You are here

Site Search

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Find More By

Pages